Ball cleaning and polishing device



March 30, 1948. s, w

BALL CLEANING AND POLISHING DEVICE Filed May 5, 1947 Iu'ventor Sam J.Warlick Patented Mar. 30, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BALL CLEANINGAND POLISHING DEVICE Sam J. Warlick, Kiowa, Kans Application May 5,1947,-Serial No. 746,141

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in machinesfor cleaning spherical bodies or balls of various sizes, such as bowlingballs, billiard balls, or the like, and embodying means for rapidlyrotating the ball while a cleaning cap or hood is held in positionthereon.

An important object of the invention is to provide a ball-cleaningdevice of this character including a support for the cleaning cap orhood wherein the hood gravitates into position on the ball toautomatically adjust itself thereon.

A further object is to provide interchangeable grinding and polishingbands for the ball, which are easily and quickly supported in positionin the hood.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character ofsimple and practical construction, which is efficient and reliable inoperation, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise welladapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view;

Figure 2' is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the rollers andcleaning cap or hood for the ball;

Figure 3 is a top plan view with parts broken away and shown in section;

Figure 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the grinding band; and

Figure 5 is a similar view of a polishing and cleaning band.

Referring now to the drawing in detail wherein, for the purpose ofillustration, I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention,the numeral 5 designates a portable stand of suitable construction andincluding a top 6 having an opening I therein.

A pair of rubber rollers 8 and 9 are provided with shafts Ill journaledin bearing brackets II secured to the sides of the stand 5, at the topthereof, the rollers being mounted in spaced parallel relation under theopening 'I.

The rollers 8 and 9 are concave, as shown at I2, to conform to thecurvature of a spherical object or ball I3 supported thereon, and oneend of the shaft IU of the roller 8 is provided with a pulley I4 drivenby a belt I5 from an electric motor I6 supported on a platform I Isupported 2 on the stand 5 under the top 6. The other roller 9 is anidler roller.

A round standard I8 is supported in an upright position on the top 6 bymeans of a flanged socket I9 and slidably and rotatably mounted on thestandard I8 is a T-shaped sleeve to which the inner end of a horizontalarm 2| is attached. A collar 22 is suitably secured to the outer end ofarm 2| and in which is supported a vertical stem 23 rising from the topof an annular cap or hood 24 positioned over the top of the ball I3. Apin 25 extending transversely of the stem 23 above the collar 22prevents the hood from dropping downwardly out of the collar when thehood is removed from the ball.

The hood 24 flares at its lower end and frictionally held in the lowerend of the hood is a grinding band or ring 26 or a cleaning andpolishing band or ring 21 interchangeably mounted in 20 the lower end ofthe hood.

The grinding band 26 is constructed of an outer meta1 ring 28, anintermediate ring of felt, sponge rubber or the like, and an inner ringor lining 30 of emery cloth, said rings being suitably held together,one within the other.

The polishing band 2'! is constructed of the outer metal ring 3| and afelt lining or ring 32.

In the operation of the device, a spherical body such as a bowling ballor the like I3 is' placed in position on the rollers 8 and 9 and thehood 24 with either the grinding band 26 or polishing band 21 positionedtherein lowered over the body. The roller 8 is then rapidly rotated bythe motor I6 to thus spin the body while the hood 24 gravitates intoposition thereon.

In View of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention, the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by th spirit of theinvention as herein described and within the scope of the appendedclaims.

What I claim is:

1. A ball burnishing and cleaning device comprising a ball supportincluding a pair of rollers, means for driving one of the rollers torotate a ball resting thereon, a hood positioned on the 9 11 and havinga lining in contact with the ball I to treat the surface thereof, and asupport for the hood.

2. A ball burnishing and cleaning device comprising a ball supportincluding a pair of rollers, means for driving one of the rollers torotate a ball resting thereon, a hood positioned on the ball and havinga lining in contact with the ball to treat the surface thereof, andmeans supporting the hood for vertical adjustment of the hood and forhorizontal swinging movement of the hood 10 into and out of positionover the ball.

3. A ball burnishing and cleaning device comprising a portable stand, apair of rollers journaled on the stand for supporting aball thereon,

driving means for one of therollers to rotate the 15 .7 1,870,571

ball, a hood resting on the ball and having a 4 condition the surfacethereof, a standard rising from the stand, an arm slidably mounted onthe standard and swingable horizontally thereon, and means connectingthe hood to the arm.

SAM J. WARLICK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

Number Name Re. 11,593 Conrader Mar. 23, 1897 1,233,701 'Pfeifer July17, 1917 Kadzik Aug. 9, 1932 2,426,925 Ellis Sept. 2, 1947

